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Great Opportunity: IRC Remote Program Officer Vacancy with a Competitive Compensation. Apply Now!

Great Opportunity: IRC Remote Program Officer Vacancy with a Competitive Compensation. Apply Now!

  • Job requisition id: JR00000491
  • Vacancy type: Fully Remote
  • Location: New York, NY HQ USA
  • Deadline: Open

The International Rescue Committee seeks a passionate Program Officer to support humanitarian and development initiatives. The role involves coordinating projects, monitoring progress, and ensuring effective delivery of aid to vulnerable communities affected by crises worldwide. The Program Officer, Economic Empowerment supports IRC’s New Roots and Workforce Development program areas by playing a project management role on key food security and economic empowerment initiatives. across 30 US cities and at times in Europe and CRRD countries.  The Program Officer is responsible for providing the Economic Empowerment (EE) technical team with strategic support in key areas including innovative food security, urban agriculture, and workforce development skills  training projects, resource development, and external technical assistance work. The EE team is part of the Learning and Impact team, which supports program quality, development, and evaluation for IRC’s Resettlement, Asylum, and Integration (RAI) Program across 30 US cities and several European countries. 

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Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic support on a portfolio of key workforce development and new roots initiatives and special projects
  • Work with workforce development and new roots stakeholders both internally and externally to stay abreast of trends, initiatives, pilots, and programs in both program areas, especially as it relates to serving immigrant youth and adult education
  • Support with data analysis and dissemination as needed related to workforce development and new roots programming
  • Initiate, develop, and grow partnership(s) with workforce development and new roots public and private sector stakeholders
  • Support EE technical unit engagement with external facing IRC teams to facilitate fundraising and partnership development
  • Oversee the collection and use of “stories from the field” for both internal and external communications including newsletters and social media updates
  • Serve as project manager to key grant-funded workforce development and new roots initiatives
  • With a high degree of independence, support work planning, resource development, data collection, reporting, and other activities in support of one or more workforce development projects
  • Coordinate and collaborate with IRC colleagues including the economic empowerment technical team, project partners and others to ensure that assigned projects are delivered in a high-quality, timely manner
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Requirements

  • University degree in a relevant social science, public administration, community development, business, or a related field required; graduate degree in a related field an asset.
  • Minimum of 3-5 years of experience with progressive responsibility in implementation or administration of social service, community food security, economic development, or related programming in a non-profit or public context; experience working with small holder agriculture and/or socially disadvantaged farmers an asset.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience working with workforce development partners such as Workforce Development Boards, American Job Centers, and industry partners.
  • Strong understanding of adult learning principalsprincipals; dDemonstrated experience developing and delivering curriculum to English language learners.
  • Demonstrated expertise in developing high-quality program tools for diverse populations required.
  • Demonstrated experience managing program data in a non-profit environment required.
  • Excellent communication, teambuilding, and interpersonal skills, and ability to maintain successful partnerships with other agencies and programs. 
  • Possess an analysis and self-awareness of race and gender dynamics, as well as experience working in culturally sensitive ways. 
  • Research and analytic skills and the ability to synthesize information for presentation to multiple audiences.  

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